Why report on protests?

Why do the media  including the Deseret News  feel a need to report every single war protest or protest against President Bush, no matter if it's five people or 5,000? With the president here in Utah, it never can just be simply "The president came." There has to be an article below telling us that Rocky (Anderson) hosted a protest and that he said the same things he did last year and the time before that.

No matter if you agree with this president or not, there still needs to be respect shown to the office.